Eurovision 1981 Results: Voting & Points
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Eurovision 1981 Scoreboard
| 1 | United Kingdom | 136 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Germany | 132 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | France | 125 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 4 | Switzerland | 121 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |||||
| 5 | Ireland | 105 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
| 6 | Cyprus | 69 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Israel | 56 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Greece | 55 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Netherlands | 51 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Sweden | 50 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Luxembourg | 41 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 11 | Denmark | 41 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Belgium | 40 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 14 | Spain | 38 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | Yugoslavia | 35 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | Finland | 27 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 17 | Austria | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Turkey | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Portugal | 9 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Norway | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Eurovision Song Contest 1981 result: United Kingdom won with the song "Making Your Mind Up" by Bucks Fizz with 136 points
Date: Saturday 4 April 1981
Location: Simmonscourt Pavillion, Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, Ireland
Broadcaster: RTÈ
Host: Doireann Ní Bhríain
Voting: Each country's jury awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Interval act: Planxty with "Timedance" danced by Dublin City Ballet
Debuting countries: Cyprus
Italy boycotted the Eurovision Song Contest 1981, saying that it was too old fashioned
In 1981 the UK act Bucks Fizz stunned viewers with their Velcro rip-away skirts and within 48 hours, Velcro had sold out across the country
